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To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled; hence, to give light to; to enlighten. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Not to seem. [Obs.] Shak.

Unbeseeming; not fit or becoming.

The quality or state of being unseemly; unbecomingness. Udall.

Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent. An unseemly outbreak of temper. Hawthorne.

Not seen or discovered.

To seek or strain upward. "Upseeking eyes suffused with . . . tears." Southey.

Having seen much; hence, accomplished; experienced. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl. Well-seen in arms and proved in many a fight. Spenser.

Any one of several plants, as Artemisia santonica, and Chenopodium anthelminticum, whose seeds have the property of expelling worms from the stomach and intestines. Wormseed mustard, a slender, cruciferous plant (Erysinum cheiranthoides) having small lanceolate leaves.

A kind of pepper grass (Lepidium campestre).

ng no vowel symbols. This letter, in English, is used for several different vowel sounds. See Guide to pronunciation, §§ 43-74. The regular long a, as in fate, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has taken the place of what, till about the early part of the 17th century, was a sound of the quality of ä (as in fa…

carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles.

gin. It signifies from, away , separating, or departure, as in abduct, abstract, abscond. See A- (6).

The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.

ppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.

Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse. Abaft the beam. See under Beam.

See Abnet.

A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.

o a freehold after the death of the last possessor, and before the heir takes possession. See Abatement, 4.

hout right, into a freehold after the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. Blackstone. Defense in abatement, Plea in abatement, (Law), plea to the effect that from some formal defect (e.g. misnomer, want of jurisdiction) the proceedings should be abated.